Bottle-capping device



' device andy my inventionV aims to. provide other support.

Patented July 14, 1925.

nieuwe E. Merrie. mm-noir,

:screenen-rma Yenvien.

Application:fllenpril,1922s, SerieliNo. 5.5105634.

Toall whom, t 'may `eminem?) Be it known thatv I, RICHARD. E. MEYER, e citizen of the United` Steteso America, residing at; Detroit, inlthe'county off rayne and State of Micliigani have invented' oertain new endl useful: Improvementsin Bottie-Capping Devices, of." which the following is af specification,` reference being hed therein to the accompanying draw-ings.

This invention relates to' a bottle capping portable halnd cqeeretedI tool by which. a: cap may be securely mounted on the mouthsof abottle or similar receptacle, the tool being;V designed, for holding-end` fixing a mete]- lic cap, :prefer-ably otliecrimpedi configuretion, onthe monthofjthe bottle, so the bottlemontli will be sealed.

My invention further-aimsto provide. a-

bottle cappingy tool embodying means for temporarily holding-1 the czifp,v meansv forl gripping the bott-lei neck, and? means fory forcibly clamping` the temporarily lield cap on the month oiithe bottle,V allQo-seidf mee-ns` 5^ being compactly assembledinto; e tool that lne-y be4 carried in thepocket, in contredistinctonto stands and suchloeppingdevices on a, table,` Wall or:

that must be'pleced` The construction entering into may calpping dev-ice will be hereinater specifically described and then claimed, and reference will nonI be lied to the drawingwvherein Figure 1` is e longitndinfzblisectional view l of the bottle capping f device', showing a..

cap on e` portion of a bottle neck about to' be fixed thereon;

Fig. 2 is e horizontalsectionelview teken on the. line II--III of' Fig. 1f;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan oiltbe device; Figi. 4 is a horizontal section-itl View taken. ontlie line IV-V' of- Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is ai longitudinal Sectional. view. 'taken on the linefV-.V of Eig. 1,'aund` Fig. 6 is e View similar tel Figi` l, showing the capA fixed on the bottle neck.

\ In the drawing, the reference numeral 1- denotes a `portion of .a bottleneck having a head 2 and e lip 3, end` adapted to. be, seated on the lip 3 toVV close and" seal the bottle neck l` is a. metuljliecep 4 provided with a.

` Washer 5 and e` crimped edge 6. This can is of e conventionel form: adapted"tohave` its crimped' edge closed about the lip with.

tnbnlr body; 74 andi slideble; seid stem 9; between the Vupp(amendQ-tla r11? receding undenlexcessiverpress the. washerl 5l more or less;v @ombreefj es showninlmg 6; f Y y 'Ehe @api manipulating. cool` comprises-5 a body is afliollow: plungenfiv cQnbnin-g en axial' yieldeble stemy@ which; hais; its? per endfA provided with. a, tnensversepinor stop.1-0. The lower @Hliot tli'eistem isprowldedfwlbh fabheedf 1:1! wij-.thin en; inwind @lip Shaped erimpingerfnemben 112., Cebriedbytbe lower, end of: they rillingen-Sel hacirelingftlge trensversef pin. 'lfthereof `Iliilrlelly,r in] @11' @agement with the2 upper endroit the plunger 8but; perm1tsof-thejste1n9 and i T111@ member 12does not enectl'y-` crimp tlie., oep

et' but it: is'edepted te deflect the. crimped edges 6, ef the Cepu llwdljf afb-Qdi? the? lil) 3,-a,s saldoap is. retained-'011. the lQtlQ DS9-k by the heedy lrl of the stem 9, with the 11191511- b'er 1e, movingA downwardly towards, the head2; of the. bottlel Bleek, es: sh wn in Fig. 6: vThesimili.Si may: remainfstetionery while the plunger4 8" is depressed-1'; @11nd,y this is, breught 'about by e pivoted levery lfi belngmoveblfe lrelative to a stetieneryt lever i5, thelevers Mend; l5 constituting handles by which theteol meybefmeninuleted. The stationary lever; l ha@ 111gY l@ @Xielldllg throughe slot: 17' in @111' MHlUlf-P Hang@ 18 of the. tubular bedy Z, end seid lever or @screw 1e brother fasten-.ine The lever. or handle., is more less, Channel SlfrerlflI SQ their itsfesten@dfL @ed may De braced by thetuhuler body and an. lip- `standing111g 207 of; seid-'body 'lf'hegpivoted leverfor lgisindle` 14 isu somewhat chainne'lV shaped end' is pivotally mounted by aw nin 21; between; epeltvred `the member 12 the een bel-,nga Placed in ,e11-

'28, said arms having the lower ends thereof provide'dwith shoulders 29 and gripping members 30. `The gripping members 30 are disposed at anv angle to engage under the head 2', as shown jin Figs.` 1 and 2, and by referenceto -Fig.-3, it will be Anoted that the-segment members are somewhat segment shaped at the inner edges thereof so that said gripping members will it about the bottle neck and grip a considerable portion thereof, in contradistinctionto a three-point engagement.. f It will vbe practically impossible for the gripping vmembers to slip and such engagement with thefbottleneck is main-- tained by a collar 31loosely supported.V about the tubularbody and the arms :28, said col- 29 of said arms and the heads of thek screws 24a willprevent the collar from becoming accidentally displaced. The collar 31 simply embraces-the arms 28 to hold said arms against the head 2, andthe angularity of the outer edges of the arms 28 is not suiiicient to wedge the collar 31 upwardly asa 'cap 1s applied to the bottle. The angularity of the outer edges of the arms 28-will permitV Aof the collar engaging the arms at different places so that the gripping membersSO may engage under the heads 2 of variousdia-meters. 4 Vhen the tool is placed down over theV head 2 ofthe bottle neck 1*,'the arms.v

` 28 assume a. gripping 'position by-gravity and the collar 31'will hold said arms so that the lever or handle' 14 may lbe 'shifted towards the lever or handle 15 todepress the plunger i8. The cap clenching member y12 will spread the varmsl 24 apart, release-- l the cap 4 and permit of the head 11 holding `the cap on the lip -3A whilel the member 12 Abends the gripped edges@ ofthe cap under the lip 3 of the head 2.vv By manually rais-- ing the lcollar 31 the bottlepgripping arms 28 will'be released and the tool `may be removed from the bottle neck. The;y bottle.

gripping arms are ordinarily hung by gravity with suflicient freedom to slip down over theneck of the bottle whenl the collar- 31 is heldin the hand placingA the capping device in position, and vwhen thecollar is released it will drop on tothe bottle gri ping karms and clamp said arms against t e neck.

bottle neck without any excessive pressure. It is not necessary to place the bottle on a support in order to use the capping device, as the collar' can be held in one hand while the neck of the bottleis inserted between the gripping arms with the other' hand, the bottle neck being automatically gripped so that the bottle may be released and upon grippingithe levers or handles of the device the collar may be released. The bottle is therefore not subjected to any great pressure, as though on ajsupport, and the device can be safely used. Y f l From -the foregoing yit will be observed that'the cap 4 canfbe 'easily placed inthel tool and temporarily held while the tool is placed over,y the bottle neck, and then by a single :operation theV cap isi-,sealed on the bottle neck.l This is accomplished without `injury to the bottle and the yieldable stem 4the appended claims. lar having its` innenwall engaged by the I outer edges'ot.` thefarms 28 and the shouldersl and means carried by said body'a-nd including a loosely supported collar adapted. for" sc'lamping said device relative toa bottle 2. A bottlecapping device comprising a body, a plunger'in said body adapted to clamp a-capon a bottleneck, cap holding means carried yby said body 'about said plunger adapted to temporarily retain a cap in engagement with said plunger, plunger actuating means carried by said body and movable towards the axis of said plunger to depress said plunger, ,arms pivotally connected to said body, and a collar loose about said'arms adapted to cause said arms to grip a bottle neck tohold said device relative to said bottle neck. f

8. A hand supported bottle capping de vice comprising a body, a handle on said body by which said Vbody may be held, a plunger in said body adapted to shape a cap about abottle neck, means carried by said body about `saict plunger adapted to temporarily hold thecap relative to `said plunger, said means being actuated by said plunger to release said cap when in engagement with the bottle neck and shape said cap about the bottle neok, said means including a stem in said plunger, means in said plunger for yieldably holding said stem, and plunger actuating means on said body movable to and from said handle.

4. A bottle capping device comprising a body, a plunger in said body adapted to clamp a cap on a bottle neck, cap holding means carried by said body adapted to temporarily retain a cap in engagement With said plunger, a handle on said body, a lever supported by said body and movable towards said handle to aetuate said plunger, and means carried by said body and including a loosely supported collar, adapted for clamping said device relative to a bottle neck.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RICHARD E. MEYER. l Witnesses ANNA M. DORR, KARL H. BUTLER. 

